You can now download Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.2 driver, the new driver has many new features and includes DVR functionality. Read a small guide slash review here.

This release is a testament to the Radeon Technologies Group commitment on software stability, coming only a couple weeks after the successful launch of Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition, RSCRE 16.12.2 will deliver many new software fixes for key end user issues.

AMD FreeSync™ technology may experience performance issues with Borderless Fullscreen application support when a secondary display is attached and has dynamic content running such as video playback in a web browser or if other applications or game launchers are running on the primary screen in the background. A workaround if this issue is experienced is to minimize all other running applications that are on the primary desktop display or on non-primary extended displays.

Radeon ReLive may fail to install during installation on some system configurations.

Battlefield™1 may experience flashing or corruption when running in Multi GPU with Radeon RX 400 series.

Instant Replay fails to enable itself after it has been turned off due to content protection.

Radeon Settings may not load on system boot for some system configurations.

Fixed some errors in translations for Radeon Settings and Radeon ReLive.

Audio recorded by Radeon ReLive may sometimes exhibit slow motion when played back.

Radeon ReLive may experience recording issues or issues toggling the Overlay/Toolbar when Frame Rate Target Control is enabled. Users are suggested to disable Frame Rate Target Control when using Radeon ReLive.

Mouse cursor may stutter in recorded video when there is limited on screen activity outside of minor mouse movement.

In AMD Multi GPU configurations the secondary graphics product will exit the low power state when Radeon ReLive is enabled.

Radeon ReLive may sometimes not be able to take screenshots of secondary displays.

Chromium may fail to utilize hybrid decode for VP9 content.

DOTA™2 may experience game corruption when performing a task switch while recording with Radeon ReLive in AMD Multi GPU configurations.

Radeon ReLive Overlay/Toolbar will not launch or Record when running League of Legends™ in Administrator Mode and Windowed Borderless Fullscreen.

Long ping times may be experienced with some WiFi adapters.

Known Issues

A small amount of apps may still experience issues with Borderless Fullscreen mode and AMD FreeSync™ technology if other applications or game launchers are running on the primary screen in the background.

Counter-Strike™: Global Offensive and World of Warcraft™ may experience flickering or performance issues the first time the game is launched on a system boot with AMD FreeSync™ technology enabled. Workarounds include exiting and restarting the application or task switching (alt+tab) in and out of the game to fix the issue.

AMD Multi GPU configurations may experience a system hang or reboot during install when using tiled MST 4K or 5K displays.

Titanfall™2 may experience black square corruption in game menus or during game play on some Graphics Core Next products.

FIFA 17™ may experience an application hang or black screen on launch for some select Hybrid Graphics or AMD PowerXpress mobile configurations.

Radeon Settings may not show display details for connected displays in AMD X-Connect technology mode.

The XBOX™ DVR application may cause conflicts with Radeon ReLive, users are suggested to disable XBOX™ DVR if Radeon ReLive is experiencing issues.

Radeon ReLive may fail to install on AMD APU Family products or experience a system hang or failure to record when using the recording feature on AMD APU Family products.

Battlefield™1 may experience UI flickering and/or performance drops when recording gameplay with Radeon ReLive on graphics products with 4GB or less of VRAM.

Radeon ReLive recordings may experience flicker when creating a single recording for many hours.

Radeon ReLive may experience minor graphical corruption for the first few recorded frames when launching UWP applications.

Radeon ReLive will not allow recording settings to change with Instant Replay enabled. A workaround is to disable Instant Replay and change settings then enable Instant Replay.

Radeon ReLive Overlay/Toolbar will not launch or Record when running League of Legends™ in Administrator Mode and Windowed Borderless Fullscreen. A work around would be to not use administrator launch privileges or to use Fullscreen mode.

Vulkan™ applications may experience a game hang when using Radeon ReLive to record.

Radeon ReLive will not notify an end user of low disk space during recording.

#5373341 Posted on: 12/21/2016 10:09 AM
Until they make a driver that support r9 290 series 4k VSR i will not use latest driver. I have to use crimson 16.1 with modded files to have 4k VSR, please unlock 4k VSR for cards that can have that, why did you lock that, I'm so dissapointed in AMD :-(

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#5373355 Posted on: 12/21/2016 10:54 AM
I will give this driver a try and hopefully they fixed the issue where the RX480 will not work after the install of ReLive.

First of all, whenever I personally encounter crashes in Firefox, it's because of an extension or an enabled setting that really shouldn't have been. Second, seeing as I never heard of Waterfox, I'm guessing it's not exactly based on stable releases. So, I wouldn't be too quick to point fingers at the drivers unless you have proof that older ones worked. That doesn't mean alternative drivers won't crash, but, that doesn't mean it's AMD's fault either. You can't judge a car's safety by driving off a cliff, so you can't judge the stability of drivers when using unstable software. I don't know what MPC is so no comment there.

If you find yourself with several programs failing to run, you may want to wipe clean all of your drivers and do a fresh new install. Same goes for Firefox itself; there have been a few times where Firefox was giving me issues and the only way to fix it was to reinstall it. Weirdly enough, keeping my extensions didn't repeat the problem.

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#5373508 Posted on: 12/21/2016 06:40 PM

Until they make a driver that support r9 290 series 4k VSR i will not use latest driver. I have to use crimson 16.1 with modded files to have 4k VSR, please unlock 4k VSR for cards that can have that, why did you lock that, I'm so dissapointed in AMD :-(

How bout you learn how to use DDU to make 4k downsampling work.
Have fun not having the newer support on drivers as well as they run alot better then 16.1 did on my 290x.

I have 3440x1440@80hz and 3840x1600@60hz working on my 21:9 2560x1080@60hz and it has no VSR support.

Its not hard to do.

The internal scaler of the 290 is limited vs the newer cards, hence why newer GCN cards after 290 can support 4k VSR.

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#5373529 Posted on: 12/21/2016 07:22 PM
First of all, whenever I personally encounter crashes in Firefox, it's because of an extension or an enabled setting that really shouldn't have been. Second, seeing as I never heard of Waterfox, I'm guessing it's not exactly based on stable releases. So, I wouldn't be too quick to point fingers at the drivers unless you have proof that older ones worked. That doesn't mean alternative drivers won't crash, but, that doesn't mean it's AMD's fault either. You can't judge a car's safety by driving off a cliff, so you can't judge the stability of drivers when using unstable software. I don't know what MPC is so no comment there.

If you find yourself with several programs failing to run, you may want to wipe clean all of your drivers and do a fresh new install. Same goes for Firefox itself; there have been a few times where Firefox was giving me issues and the only way to fix it was to reinstall it. Weirdly enough, keeping my extensions didn't repeat the problem.

um no the last driver release 16.12.1 was the issue. all other driver versions worked fine. and so far this one is working fine. and watefox is the 64bit version of firefox before firefox went 64bit. (still works better then firefox honestly). also 16.12.1 was crashing when using mpc = media player classic (how can you not know that either?). so yea i can judge it. and i always do a clean wipe of drivers and ddu.it all had to do with video play back in a browser or player and the drivers. (guess i should have been more clear on issue)

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#5373541 Posted on: 12/21/2016 07:47 PM

mpc = media player classic (how can you not know that either?)

What do you mean "either"? Nothing you said is obvious or common knowledge. As you have already stated, Firefox already has 64 bit builds. Since I primarily use Linux, I've had access to 64 bit Firefox for years, so I've had no reason to encounter Waterfox.

Anyway, I didn't know what mpc was because most people don't use it. Most people use either the "modern" Media Player, iTunes, Winamp, VLC, Kodi, or some media-specific application (like PowerDVD).

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#5373575 Posted on: 12/21/2016 09:42 PM
What do you mean "either"? Nothing you said is obvious or common knowledge. As you have already stated, Firefox already has 64 bit builds. Since I primarily use Linux, I've had access to 64 bit Firefox for years, so I've had no reason to encounter Waterfox.

Anyway, I didn't know what mpc was because most people don't use it. Most people use either the "modern" Media Player, iTunes, Winamp, VLC, Kodi, or some media-specific application (like PowerDVD).

lol Alot of people here on Guru3d use MPC its the media player of choice for hardware enthusiasts you might want to doing a bit of reading on it

And I had the same issue Criceseye its the drivers this new one resolves those issues I spent all last night throwing youtube and mpc at the new drivers just to be sure

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#5373580 Posted on: 12/21/2016 10:07 PM

lol Alot of people here on Guru3d use MPC its the media player of choice for hardware enthusiasts you might want to doing a bit of reading on it

I know what it is... there are articles here where it is featured. I just never see it abbreviated...

As for being "the media player of choice for hardware enthusiasts", that's a bold claim. MPC is great for stuff like 4K video playback or fresh new codecs that other programs may be slow to support. But the vast majority of people (including PC enthusiasts) don't care or have abundant access to that stuff. It gets pretty old when people act like having a 1440p+ display, a GTX 1070, an i7 K series, and 16GB of RAM is a healthy minimum; having fancy stuff doesn't make you an enthusiast.
Anyway when it comes to Windows, your codecs have more to do with your results than the application itself. For example, some issues people have with VLC in Windows that don't happen in MPC also don't happen in Mac or Linux. Sometimes it's the other way around. When using a VR headset, some codecs/plugins allow quicker time selections while others offer smoother playback, even on the same video and same application. Since MPC is relatively so barebones, it's much easier to eliminate other variables that could be interfering with playback. I'm not trashing MPC here, but it doesn't cater to all enthusiasts either.

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#5373640 Posted on: 12/22/2016 02:19 AM
What do you mean "either"? Nothing you said is obvious or common knowledge. As you have already stated, Firefox already has 64 bit builds. Since I primarily use Linux, I've had access to 64 bit Firefox for years, so I've had no reason to encounter Waterfox.

Anyway, I didn't know what mpc was because most people don't use it. Most people use either the "modern" Media Player, iTunes, Winamp, VLC, Kodi, or some media-specific application (like PowerDVD).

um firefox did not have 64 bit versions for years. it was always 32 bit till dec 15 2015 (and it wasnt good till months later). if it was for linux and you primarily use linux then why even try to help (cause you didnt you just argued obviously not knowing). or in my opinion tried to belittle.

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#5373681 Posted on: 12/22/2016 05:25 AM

um firefox did not have 64 bit versions for years. it was always 32 bit till dec 15 2015 (and it wasnt good till months later). if it was for linux and you primarily use linux then why even try to help (cause you didnt you just argued obviously not knowing). or in my opinion tried to belittle.

Over the years, there have been several iterations of 64 bit Firefox in Windows, though most of them weren't long lived nor stable. To my knowledge, the nightly builds also supported 64 bit for years.

The argument about 64 bit builds don't matter. The only reason it's part of the discussion (and the fact that the Linux 64 bit version has always worked fine) was to clarify my reasoning for not knowing about Waterfox. My point was that if you're using potentially unstable software, you can't be so quick to blame drivers when things stop working. Firefox in general is not exactly known for being both stable and a good performer at the same time. There's a reason why Firefox hasn't consistently had stable 64 bit Windows releases for so long...

Until they make a driver that support r9 290 series 4k VSR i will not use latest driver. I have to use crimson 16.1 with modded files to have 4k VSR, please unlock 4k VSR for cards that can have that, why did you lock that, I'm so dissapointed in AMD :-(

VSR capabilities for GPUs before Tonga(R9 285) is half of the ones after Tonga. Tonga pushes 1920x1080 to 4x, R290 just does half of it.

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#5374192 Posted on: 12/24/2016 01:06 AM

I thought it did? At least from previous versions of Crimson, they had chunks of the old CCC around for stuff like that.

Well 16.12.1 didn't have it and I need it because I'm using Windows 7 . I stick with the 16.11.5 for now. In every major driver update they just disable these settings, I don't know the reason why.

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#5374232 Posted on: 12/24/2016 07:48 AM

Well 16.12.1 didn't have it and I need it because I'm using Windows 7 . I stick with the 16.11.5 for now. In every major driver update they just disable these settings, I don't know the reason why.

Start -> Run... -> "dccw" -> Enter ->

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#5374245 Posted on: 12/24/2016 09:28 AM
lol Alot of people here on Guru3d use MPC its the media player of choice for hardware enthusiasts you might want to doing a bit of reading on it

And I had the same issue Criceseye its the drivers this new one resolves those issues I spent all last night throwing youtube and mpc at the new drivers just to be sure

DAum Potplayer over MPC anytime. I do have both but I just dont use MPC...Why would I? It's less...

#5377851 Posted on: 01/03/2017 11:23 PM
The damn UVD lock bug is back in versions 16.12.x. Why can't they fix this permanently? It's so annoying. Also, I used to be able to disable the video card in Device Manager, Display Adapters, and then reenable it and that would get rid of the UVD lock. But now when I disable the card my screen goes black and stays like that. Nothing I can do but restart pc. I don't know why I can't see the screen anymore after disabling the card. Shouldn't the generic windows vga driver kick in?

Edit: Figured out why the screen stayed black. It was because my integrated Intel HD 3000 was also enabled in Device Manager. I guess the PC tried to switch over to that driver after disabling the AMD card. Disabling Intel card fixed it. Still have the UVD bug but at least I don't have to restart my pc to reset it now.

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#5379902 Posted on: 01/10/2017 12:16 AM
^
That dreaded bug has been around for the past 15 releases or more.

Before the Windows 10 Anniversary update rolled out, I used to see my card go into ZeroCore mode, meaning the fans would stop spinning when it's idle. Ever since I updated to Windows Anniversary, it no longer works.

I am downloading this, but I am not expecting any miracles over the previous 16.12.2 "Hotfix" drivers. Clearly this is the same driver with just the WHQL stamp on it.

Waiting to see feedback from R9 290/290X and 390/390X owners as to whether this driver fixes their issues.

#5379984 Posted on: 01/10/2017 09:35 AM
First of all, whenever I personally encounter crashes in Firefox, it's because of an extension or an enabled setting that really shouldn't have been. Second, seeing as I never heard of Waterfox, I'm guessing it's not exactly based on stable releases. So, I wouldn't be too quick to point fingers at the drivers unless you have proof that older ones worked. That doesn't mean alternative drivers won't crash, but, that doesn't mean it's AMD's fault either. You can't judge a car's safety by driving off a cliff, so you can't judge the stability of drivers when using unstable software. I don't know what MPC is so no comment there.

If you find yourself with several programs failing to run, you may want to wipe clean all of your drivers and do a fresh new install. Same goes for Firefox itself; there have been a few times where Firefox was giving me issues and the only way to fix it was to reinstall it. Weirdly enough, keeping my extensions didn't repeat the problem.

I can tell that I use Waterfox for more than two years now, it has never failed on me and it is as much stable as the original Firefox if not even more stable. I have never had any problems with Waterfox, I use it everyday as my default browser and I recommend it for you to try it too. Hope that I have helped a bit clearing the confusion about Waterfox.

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#5379999 Posted on: 01/10/2017 10:28 AM

I can tell that I use Waterfox for more than two years now, it has never failed on me and it is as much stable as the original Firefox if not even more stable. I have never had any problems with Waterfox, I use it everyday as my default browser and I recommend it for you to try it too. Hope that I have helped a bit clearing the confusion about Waterfox.

I can vouch for Waterfox also, been using it for a few years and it is very good.